Idioms

Determine the meaning of the bolded IDIOM.

1. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.

• a. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces.

• b. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces.

• c. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.

• d. Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces

Determine the meaning of the bolded IDIOM.

2. Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it hadn’t been for Suzie dragging him home for dinner.

• a. Bobby was just about to stop playing ball.

• b. Bobby didn’t even want to play ball to begin with.

• c. Bobby prefers nature to athletics.

• d. Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time.

Determine the meaning of the bolded IDIOM.

3. Over the summer Brian was really excited about being placed in the advanced math class, but after getting his syllabus on the first day and seeing the workload, he was ready to jump ship.

• a. Brian was even more excited about the math class than he was over the summer.

• b. Brian wanted to start working on his math assignments right away.

• c. Brian did not want to be in the advance math class anymore.

• d. Brian wanted to cause some trouble in the advanced math class.

Determine the meaning of the bolded IDIOM.

4. Brad was accusing us of stealing his phone until he found it, and now he’s trying to sweep it under the rug.

• a. Brad thinks that his phone will be safer if he hides it under the rug.

• b. Brad wants to do something to make up for his mistake.

• c. Brad is trying to locate a signal for his phone so that he can use it.

• d. Brad wants to pretend that the incident never happened.

After promising to go to Beth's parent's cabin for the weekend, Molly got invited to the coolest party of the year and now Molly is really in a pickle.

• a. This means that no matter what happens things are going to work out for Molly.

• b. This means that Molly is stuck in a difficult situation.

• c. This means that Molly has become really popular.

• d. This means that Molly smells like vinegar.